SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Rookwood Residential Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 5 other homes in Bury.
88% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Rookwood Residential Care Home is one of 53 care homes in Bury: a 17-bed residential care home in Bury, run by Mr & Mrs C B Ellis. It is registered to care for people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Bury, where the median is 30 beds.
In Bury, 88% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 3 out of 5 in December 2025. In Bury, 76% of homes score 5. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2018. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Before that, in February 2018, it was rated Inadequate. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 27% of ratings in Bury are as old (how rating age varies by council).
